A friend of mine achieved second place as European champion bodybuilding in his weight class a few years back. (< 68kg) he's 1m76 tall. On picture he looked in fantastic shape! Just before he even traveled to the Golds gym just to take some promo-pics of his shape.

The background story -> He felt weak, he often had arguments with his wife due to mood shifts, work became difficult, and two days after competition he regained 5kg and a layer of bodyfat. He knew why he did it, like more people these days he did it to become a coach.

Surely many people know the story of Dorian Yates too, as Dorian explained in an inteview his BF levels were so low that the fat cushion in his heel diminished and caused him pain. As you know, in the blend, low fat might compromises vitamin threshold.
Besides that, his mind was plaing tricks on him. He woke up in the middle of the night, unable to control his hunger, opening the refridgerator, ate a piece of something sweet he could find, and went back to sleep.

Or didn't he?

The thing is, when Dorian woke up the next morning, he wasn't really sure whether he really did ate the leftover or not.. Acquiring such a low BF levels had a profound effect on his sleep quality which obviously induced more psychological issues.

Just to point out the kind of effects like you just described dieting down induce.

Personally, I train because I love it. I never had any intention to become a professional althelete or so. Something that hit me recently was my friend telling that he needs to push himself to go workout. Apperantly more people experience this same thing. For many working out feels like a job.
It's something I can't relate to. Training feels effortless to me, meaning there's no static momentum required, I always look forward to train fron the first minute I wake up.

Bottom line, train for the correct reasons.
Do it because:
1. You love it
2. You just feel good
3. You do it for yourself

And do it in a sustainable way, a way that doesn't affect the people surrounding you. Make sure you don't lie to yourself. You want to make sure you stay healthy, and whatever exercise you like doing ypu can do for as long as you live!

At least that's how I see it.

That said, as always, your story Dr. Mehmet, is very inspiring and has unleached my thoughts once again.

Thanks!

Thrive!